Bug #42621 skip-grant-tables explanation slightly contradicting
Submitted: 5 Feb 2009 13:54 Modified: 11 Feb 2009 11:32
Reporter: Kai Voigt Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: Documentation Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:any OS:Any
Assigned to: Stefan Hinz CPU Architecture:Any

[5 Feb 2009 13:54] Kai Voigt 
Description:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/server-options.html#option_mysqld_skip-grant-tables reads

"This option causes the server not to use the privilege system at all", and later

"You can cause a running server to start using the grant tables again by ... issuing a MySQL FLUSH PRIVILEGES statement".

This is a bit contradicting. "Not at all" implies it will never change that behaviour.

How to repeat:
Read http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/server-options.html#option_mysqld_skip-grant-tables

Suggested fix:
Make the first sentence something like "... causes the server to start without using the privilege system"
[5 Feb 2009 16:51] Valeriy Kravchuk 
Thank you for the documentation request.
[11 Feb 2009 11:32] Stefan Hinz 
Thank you for your bug report. This issue has been addressed in the documentation. The updated documentation will appear on our website shortly, and will be included in the next release of the relevant products.